Diana Bletter

Diana Bletter, a northern Israel reporter covering health and regional affairs, gives on-the-ground updates about hospitals and daily life under Hezbollah missile fire. She describes hospitals moving critical care underground and wartime medical preparedness. She also recounts personal experiences of sirens, local resilience in farming communities, evacuations, and shared hardship across the north.

Sue Surkes, environmental reporter on northern communities and wildlife, and Diana Bletter, health editor covering hospitals and civilian strain, discuss life under constant rocket fire. They describe shelter shortages, efforts to build community resilience in Arab towns, hospitals operating underground and fundraising after budget cuts. They also touch on how road noise is disrupting bird breeding in open spaces.